Web based chat similar to AOL. Members login with a unique username. The chat server offers members the ability to create their own public or private rooms. Each room displays a list of people in the room. Members may send private messages to anyone in the room or whisper to a member privately by selecting their name from the CHANNEL menu. Members may create room. After creating a new room a member may choose to be public or private thus turning the room into a public or private chat area.